 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1877 - 396 oldal
...abolitionists might be prosecuted in the courts. Mr. Garrison had, however, said, in his paper, " I will not equivocate ; I will not excuse ; I will not retreat a single inch ; and I will be heard." The excitement was much increased by an insurrection that took place in Virginia,... | |
 | 1905 - 1156 oldal
...MONTHLY VOL. XXVIII JANUARY 1906 No. i WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON Born December 10, 1805; Died May 24, 1879 I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — and I will be heard. — Garrison. EW men as great in moral character and philanthropic achievement... | |
 | Wendell Phillips - 1878 - 582 oldal
...severity ? (I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. I am in earnest,— I will net equivocate, — I will not excuse,— I will not retreat a single inch, AND I WILL BE HEARD.) " It is pretended that I am retarding the cause of emancipation by the coarseness... | |
 | Oliver Johnson - 1879 - 458 oldal
...unfitted for his work. "I will be," he said, " as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. . I am in earnest; I will not equivocate; I will not excuse ; I will not retreat a single inch; and I WILL BE HEARD." . . "In attacking the system of slavery, I clearly foresaw all that has happened... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1879 - 70 oldal
...all he was and could. Then were spoken those words which, in themselves, are his immortal monument : "I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — and I will be heard." Oh ! see his faith ; see his absolute trust in Eternal Truth. And now the... | |
 | 1879 - 422 oldal
...free by presidential proclamation. Thus wondrously did he fulfill his own prophetic announcement : "I am in earnest. I will not equivocate. I will not excuse. I will not retreat a single inch ; and I will be heard!*' In his youth, Garrison was a pronounced politician of the Newburyport whig,... | |
 | R. H. Howard, Henry E. Crocker - 1879 - 512 oldal
...only of I the great agitator himself, but of the knot of indomitable spirits he gathered about him : " I am in earnest. I will not equivocate ; I will ; not excuse ; I will not retreat a single inch j and / will be heard. " J Few men ever accomplished so much, with means so small, and in J the face... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1879 - 72 oldal
...he was and could. Then were spoken those words which, in themselves, are his immortal monument : " I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse— I will not retreat-a single inch — and I will be heard." Oh I see his faith; see his absolute trust in Eternal... | |
 | Oliver Johnson - 1879 - 442 oldal
...uncompromising as justice. On this subject I do not wish to speak or write with moderation. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEARD." Then began an agitation which for the marvel of its origin, the majesty of... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1879 - 74 oldal
...uncompromising as justice. On this subject I do not wish to speak or write with moderation. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch — AND I WILL BE HEAKD." Then began an agitation which for the marvel of its origin, the majesty of... | |
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I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD. 
